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Author Göknar, Erdağ M.

Title Orhan Pamuk, secularism and blasphemy : the politics of the Turkish novel / Erdağ Göknar
Published London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2013

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Contents Introduction: The Polemics of the Author -- Tropes of "Turkishness" from Sufism to State. Literary Revisions of the Secular Modern -- The Untranslated Novels of a Nobel Laureate -- The Archive of Ottoman Istanbul. A Voice from the Ottoman Archive -- Reimagining the Ottoman Legacy -- The Literary Politics of the Secular-Sacred. Political Parody from Coups to Conspiracies -- Novelizing Secular Sufism -- Conclusion: The Blasphemies of "Turning Turk" -- Appendix: "What an Interview Can Unleash: Orhan Pamuk."
Summary Orhan Pamuk, Secularism and Blasphemy is the first critical study of all of Pamuk's novels, including the early untranslated work. In 2005 Orhan Pamuk was charged with ""insulting Turkishness"" under Article 301 of the Turkish penal code. Eighteen months later he was awarded the Nobel Prize. After decades of criticism for wielding a depoliticized pen, Pamuk was cast as a dissident through his trial, an event that underscored his?transformation from national literateur to global author. By contextualizing Pamuk's fiction into the Turkish tradition and by defining the literary and poli
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Pamuk, Orhan, 1952- -- Political and social views
SUBJECT Pamuk, Orhan, 1952- fast
Subject Turkish fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Politics and literature -- Turkey -- History -- 21st century
Censorship -- Turkey -- History
Nationalism and literature -- Turkey
Secularization -- Turkey
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
Censorship
Nationalism and literature
Political and social views
Politics and literature
Secularization
Turkish fiction
Turkey
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1136164294
9781136164293
9780203080108
0203080106
9781299137134
129913713X